Despite evidence that a journalist was killed in one of Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic facilities, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that he still plans to attend an investment conference in the country this month, the Washington Post reported. Turkish officials said they believe that Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia,…
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin used an exemption of the Freedom of Information Act to black out most of his schedule for a day of travel last year that cost taxpayers more than $94,000, the Daily Beast reported Wednesday. He does this at three times the rate of his predecessors. Mnuchin and his wife’s trip on…
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Sunday that the U.S. and China can step back from imposing punishing tariffs on each other’s exports, The Guardian reported. President Trump delegated Mnuchin to be the point man on the China negotiations. “We’re putting the trade war on hold, right now, we have agreed to put the tariffs…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In an unusual move, the U.S. Treasury named Iran’s top banker a terrorist for his role in funneling money to Hezbollah. “It is appalling, but not surprising, that Iran’s senior-most banking official would conspire with the IRGC-QF to facilitate funding of terror groups like Hezbollah, and it undermines any credibility he could…
A few hours before the official ceremony opening the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the Orthodox Union threw a breakfast at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to celebrate the occasion, where U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin used his address to share excitement over his “big part” at the upcoming event event. Mnuchin said…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The official White House delegation for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will include President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, as well as Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Kushner heads up the team seeking to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks. Other members of his team — Jason Greenblatt, the lead…
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin may be worth millions, but even he can’t resist a cheap bottle of wine. On Sunday, he was photographed bringing a $22 bottle to Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s Washington, D.C. home, Daily Mail reported. The bottle reportedly contained a 2015 Arbalest Red Bordeaux Blend. Daily Mail reported that Kushner opened the…
Did Steve Mnuchin take an expensive, taxpayer-funded trip to Fort Knox to view the solar eclipse? That seems more likely after documents obtained by Think Progress show Mnuchin and his wife viewing the eclipse — after he said he had no plans to watch it. At the time, Mnuchin laughed off the notion that he…
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